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1976ref. 152868N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1976 film showing actress Jane Birkin nude on a bathroom floor. A tomboyish waitress at a truck stop develops a crush on a gay garbage truck driver and in spite of all odds they begin a relationship. Serge Gainsbourg's directorial debut. 9 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1995ref. 171700Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1995. One Table Draft script and one Final Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1995 television series. With label affixed to the front wrapper of the Final Draft script with the name of show creator Steve Stephen Sustarsic. The short-lived sitcom followed beleaguered single mother Ellen Carlson as she tried to balance raising her nine-year-old daughter with running a production company in Manhattan's Upper West Side. In this episode Ellen's daughter is worried about her mother getting married and having to live with a new stepbrother. Set in Manhattan. Table Draft: Yellow titled wrappers noted as Table Draft on the front wrapper dated November 22 1995. Title page present dated November 22 1995 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mark Drop and director Gary Shimokawa. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Final Draft: White titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 3L13 dated December 4 1995 with credits for screenwriter Mark Drop and director Gary Shimokawa. Title page integral with front wrapper. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
1967ref. 152709Paris: Compagnie Francaise de Distribution Cinematographique CFDC 1967. Vintage French pressbook for the 1967 French film. In a rural French village a young girl named Mouchette or "Little Fly" lives a lonely difficult life supporting her alcoholic father sickly mother and infant brother and finds nothing but unkindness and despair in her daily interactions. One of Robert Bresson's greatest achievements at turns grim and graceful purportedly a favorite of Andrei Tarkovsky and Kelly Reichardt. Shot on location in Vaucluse France. Bi-fold 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine with a small crease to the bottom left corner. Criterion Collection 363. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Compagnie Francaise de Distribution Cinematographique [CFDC] unknown books
ref. 147924Burbank CA: Warner Brothers see Notes. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the circa 1960s Warner Brothers-Seven Arts re-release of the 1939 film. Based on the detective novel series created by author Earl Derr Biggers. The 23rd installment in the long-running Charlie Chan film series and the third film to feature actor Sidney Toler as the titular character. Set in Honolulu and San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. One with manuscript ink annotation to the bottom edge of the border else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1969ref. 148816Los Angeles: Herald Productions 1969. Collection of 20 vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film. Director Robert Downey Sr. one of the most irreverent and anarchic underground filmmakers of the 1960s simultaneously satirizes race politics and consumerism at the end of a decade of rapidly evolving American culture. The film follows Putney Swope the only African American man on the executive board of an advertising firm who is accidentally given control of the company after the sudden death of the previous chairman. Renaming the business Truth and Soul Inc. Swope replaces all but one of the white employees with black radicals and insists they no longer accept business from companies that produce alcohol war toys or tobacco. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Strong Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Herald Productions unknown books
1966ref. 152710Paris: Lux Films 1966. Vintage French pressbook for the 1966 French film. Loosely based on Howard Hawks' 1946 film "The Big Sleep" in turn based on the 1939 novel by Raymond Chandler. A young woman from Paris goes into the countryside to meet her lover but soon realizes he has been killed by gangsters leading her to investigate. Bi-fold 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned overall. Lux Films unknown books
1954ref. 147878Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Three vintage proof photographs from the 1954 film. A woman finds herself implicated in a stagecoach robbery due to her father's notoriety as a famed outlaw. Shot on location in Utah and Arizona. 10 x 8 inches with two images 4.5 x 3.5 inches and one image 2.25 x 2 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 2963. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1990ref. 151772London: Film Manifesto Sales 1990. Vintage pressbook for the 1990 film. Based on the 1989 novel by Barry Gifford. Young lovers Sailor Nicolas Cage and Lula Laura Dern go on the run from Lula's domineering mother Diane Ladd but soon run out of money forcing Sailor to return to his past criminal dealings. David Lynch's fifth feature film a love letter to the Wizard of Oz Elvis Presley and road movies. Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Shot on location in Los Angeles Colton and Pasadena California in New Orleans Louisiana and in El Paso Texas. 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Film Manifesto Sales unknown books
1955ref. 147910Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1955. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1955 Metro-Goldwyn Mayer re-release of the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 book an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 10 x 8 inches. Five Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear one Very Good with a two inch diagonal tear to the upper edge with accompanying creasing. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1961ref. 147752Paris: LyreFilms 1961. Collection of 13 vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. When war breaks out between the British and the Vikings two brothers who have been raised separately find themselves forced to decide between loyalty to blood or loyalty to nationality. Set in the British Isles. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing. LyreFilms unknown books
1929ref. 152722Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1929 film. The first African American musical and one of the first all-Black films by a major Hollywood studio with arguably more depth than its predecessor Paul Sloane's "Hearts in Dixie" the first all-Black Hollywood film released earlier the same year. Although director King Vidor expressed his intent to honestly portray rural African American life in the south the film still clearly advanced racial stereotypes of the era-but did however depict authentic African American spiritual music from the period a feat which no other film at that point had achieved. Shot on location in Tennessee and Arkansas. One 8 x 10 inches six 10 x 8 inches. One Very Good plus with soil to the top right portion of the recto and a short closed tear to the bottom edge else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1941ref. 147912Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1941. Collection of 28 vintage double weight keybook photographs from the 1941 film. With mimeo snipes to the verso identifying actors in each photograph. Likely unique. Based on Jack London's 1904 novel following three fugitives who are rescued from the ocean and subsequently imprisoned by a cruel mariner who refuses to let them off the ship. 11 x 8 inches. Very Good with light toning and fading overall some with faint foxing to the verso and light edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown books
1978ref. 151157Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 16 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 17 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on Ira Levin's 1976 novel. A man uncovers a group of Nazi doctors hiding in Brazil who hope to revive the Third Reich using young boys cloned from Hitler's DNA. Set in South America shot on location in England Austria Portugal and the US. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1987ref. 171564N.p.: Tri-Star Television / Lycanthrope Productions Inc 1987. Draft script for an Season 1 Episode 22 of the 1987-1988 television series here under the working title "Hawk Moon." Originally aired January 24 1988 on Fox. With a few manuscript ink annotations on the first two leaves. Series following a college student who is on a quest to end the curse that made him a werewolf. In this episode after a number of murders committed by werewolves the local Native American community begins to suspect skinwalkers. Generic brown manila wrappers with tape affixed to the front wrapper with manuscript ink annotation indicating the series and episode title with credits for screenwriter Christian Darren. Title page present dated November 18 1987 with credits for screenwriter Christian Darren. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Tri-Star Television / Lycanthrope Productions Inc unknown books
2003ref. 171562N.p.: Universal Network Television 2003. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 10 of the 2003 television series here under working title "The Bunker." Originally aired March 14 2003 on NBC. With a label affixed to the front wrapper with a manuscript ink annotation identifying the name of an unknown cast member and their character name. This short-lived series followed a Democratic California senator and his staff. In this episode the Senator takes over the spot of guest speaker for the National Press Club on the same day his former Governor father gets word that a story is coming out on his past misconduct in office. Set in California. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as PRODUCTION DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. E3511 dated January 30 2003 with credits for screenwriter Paul Haggis and director Jessica Yu. Title page integral with front wrapper. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Network Television unknown books
1971ref. 147747Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1971. Collection of eleven vintage black and white studio still photographs and 2 vintage color studio still photographs from the 1971 film. Desperate for money two aging gunfighters conspire to organize a public showdown for which they plan to sell tickets. Partially shot on location in Santa Fe New Mexico and Madrid Spain. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 148966Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1945. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1945 film showing actors Richard Lane Leon Errol and Veda Ann Borg. With a seller stamp and blind stamp to the verso. A lingerie billionaire runs out of gas-ration coupons leading him to seek out his employee and his employee's showgirl girlfriend as carpool riders in order to receive more. 9.75 x 7.75 inches irregularly trimmed. Very Good plus with light toning and creasing. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 148955Beverly Hills CA: Associated Film Releasing 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film showing actresses Coleen Gray and Veda Ann Borg. A US marshal investigates the mysterious death of a woman owner of a gambling house. Set in the American West. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Associated Film Releasing unknown books
1945ref. 148964Los Angeles: Producers Releasing Corporation 1945. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1945 Poverty Row film noir showing actors John Rogers Charles Arnt and Veda Ann Borg. With manuscript annotations to the verso noting the date 8-6-45 and the title of the film. A hitchhiking woman recovering from a violent car accident at the house of a wealthy stranger begins to uncover the circumstances behind the stranger's wife's recent death. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Lyons US. Producers Releasing Corporation unknown books
1953ref. 148428Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Vintage US lobby card for the 1944 film. Based on Robert Milton's 1930 pre-Code film "Outward Bound" which was in turn based on Sutton Vane's 1923 play about a group of people who awaken to find themselves on a mysterious ocean liner unsure how or when they boarded the ship. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light toning to the edges and faint edgewear and a single pinhole to the top edge. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1949ref. 148779Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1949. Three vintage studio still photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1949 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso one stamped No. 12 and several with provenance stamps on the verso. An African American man recalls his experiences as a surveyor during World War II in particular remembering a troubled reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-controlled island with a platoon of hostile racist soldiers. Set in the Pacific Islands shot on location in Malibu and Baldwin Hills California. 10 x 8 inches. Two photographs Very Good plus two photographs Very Good with pinholes light toning and one with manuscript annotations to the bottom edge. United Artists unknown books
1947ref. 148425Los Angeles: Allied Artists 1947. Vintage US lobby card from the 1947 film noir. With a few brief annotations to the verso. Based on the 1937 novel following a small-town racketeer who suffers a mental breakdown when his turf is threatened by a ruthless sinister gangster. Set in the fictional boardwalk town of Neptune Beach Brooklyn. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good with a two-inch tear to the top edge and light toning and two tape reinforcements to the top and bottom edges of the verso. Allied Artists unknown books
1963ref. 148780Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1963. Collection of 18 vintage reference photographs all but one borderless and 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Two with provenance stamps on the verso. Based on the 1962 novel following an unemployed African American handyman conscripted by a group of Eastern European nuns into building a chapel for them in the Arizona desert. Nominated for five Academy Awards and winning one for Best Actor for Sidney Poitier making him the first African American man to receive an Oscar. Set and shot on location in Arizona. 18 photographs 9.5 x 7 inches four photographs 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1950ref. 148967Paris: Films sans Frontieres 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir showing actors June Havoc and Iris Adrian. With a date stamp and blind stamp to the verso. A woman trying to lead an honest life finds herself led back into the world of crime when she falls for a gambling con man. Set in San Francisco and Los Angeles California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy to the upper edge with light soil to the verso. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Films sans Frontieres unknown books
1983ref. 151907Universal City: Universal Pictures 1983. Vintage press kit for the 1983 film. Black and white pocketed folder containing 14 black and white photographs and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. The last film to feature all six Monty Python members before Graham Chapman's death in 1989. Shot on location in Queensway Strathblane and Lancashire England. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
